Michael Holzscheiter is a German-born professor at the

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. Holzscheiter received his

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from the

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in 1978. He has conducted numerous experiments with low energy

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s at CERN for over 30 years. After initial work on antiprotons traps he initiated the

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collaboration on forming antihydrogen for precision studies of

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. Then he turned his interest to medical physics and led the AD-4/ACE (Antiproton Cell Experiment) collaboration on biological effects of antiprotons from 2003 to 2013.Visiting professor: Michael Holzscheiter
18 June 2013

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